Bait caster&#39;s belt



Au 11, 1942. 7 Em/10c 2,292,709

I BAIT CASTERS BELT Filed April 11, 1941 wn'NEss I ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAIT CASTERS BELT Fay E. McCann, Rochester, Pa.

Application April 11, 1941, Serial No. 388,164

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a bait casters belt and has for an object to provide a waist belt including a plurality of metal pockets to receive individual plugs and prevent the gang hooks thereof from catching into the clothing.

A further object is to provide plug holding pockets, each formed of a single blank of resilient sheet metal provided with jaws having reversely inclined entrance and inner portions to permit easy insertion of the plug, hook foremost, into the pocket, and to permit easy withdrawal of the plug from the pocket without the hook catching in the jaws.

A further object is to provide apparatus of this character which will be formed of a few stron simple and durable parts, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not easily get out of order.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part I of this specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bait casters belt constructed in accordance with the invention showing plugs therein.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of one of the. pockets.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the belt.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the pockets showing the tabs for securing the pocket to the neXt adjacent pockets.

Figure 5 is a detailed perspective view showing the fastener for securing one end of the series of pocket to the waist encircling web belt.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, each pocket Hi is formed of a single blank of resilient sheet metal bent to provide a front wall H, a rear wall l2, and two end walls l3, all of substantially the same height, the end walls having the front edges [4 sloped rearwardly and upwardly, see Figure 2. The front wall is provided with laterally extending tabs I5 at the upper end provided with openings 16 to receive rivets I! for securing the pocket to the tabs of the next adjacent pockets, see Figure of the front and the rear wall of the pocket. Each jaw has reversely bent entrance and inner portions I9 and 2!], that is, each jaw is substantially V-shaped in cross section, see Figure 2, with the apex of the V extending into the space between the front and the rear wall.

A plug 2| may be inserted in the pocket, hook foremost, by simply passing the hook 22 downwardly through the space between the jaws l8 and forcing the body of the plug downwardly to spread the jaws open as the plug progresses downwardly in the pocket, the jaws, by virtue of their resiliency, moving toward each other to follow the tapered contour of the plug at the end to which the fishing line is secured, to hold the plug securely against accidental dislodgment from the pocket. To withdraw the plug, it is simply necessary to pull the plug upwardly to again spread the jaws apart so that the body of the plug may be withdrawn from between the jaws, to be followed by the hook passing through the space between the apices of the V-shaped Jaws.

A web belt 23, see Figure 3, is provided at one end with a closed hook 24 which is engaged through the openings l6 of the tab of the pocket of one of the terminal pockets of the series. The other end of the webbelt is provided with an open hook 25, similar to the hook 24, see Figure 5, adapted to be removably engaged in the opening l6 of one of the tabs of the other terminal pocket of the series of pockets. Both hooks are carried by respective loops 26 and 21 formed on the ends of the web belt 23. The web belt of course is of suflicient length to pass around the back of the wearer at the waist, while the pockets form a continuation of the belt around the stomach of the wearer with the tabs I5 disposed outwardly so as not to catch in the clothing.

From the above description, it is thought that the construction and operation of the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

What is claimed is:

In a bait casters belt, a plug holding pocket formed from a single blank of resilient sheet metal bent to provide a front wall, a rear wall, end walls integral with the rear wall but free from the front wall, all of substantially the same height, the end walls having the front edges sloped rearwardly and upwardly to permit the front wall to yield toward the rear wall when the belt is tightened about the waist of the wearer, tabs extending laterally from the upper end of formed integral respectively with the upper end the front wall for securing the pocket to the tabs of similar pockets to form the front portion of pocket, said jaws and the front wall being rea fishermans Waist belt, and a pair of jaws silient to permit easy insertion of a plug into the formed integrally respectively with the upper end pocket and removal of a plug from the pocket of the front Wall and the upper end of the rear between the jaws, and a flexible belt adapted to wall of the pocket, each jaw being substantially 5 engage said tabs and secure the pocket to the V-shaped in vertical section with the apex of the waist of the wearer.

V extending toward the median plane of the FAY E. McCANN. 

